#9-Kasey Kahne Open Interview:
DID YOUR TEAM FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUE WAS WITH YOUR ENGINE? Theyre saying it was a piston and when NASCAR gives them the OK to take the engine apart and go through it, (we can) kind of see why it happened. Our engine has been really reliable, so I was a little bit surprised.
WAS THAT ONE OF THE NEW R6 ENGINES? Yes.
DID YOU PUT IN ANPOTHER DODGE R6 ENGINE? Yeah, another R6thats our back-up (engine).
DO THEY EAT UP MORE GAS THAN THE R5? No. Our R6s fuel mileage is good. Weve been able to get pretty good fuel mileage and not kill the power doing that. Early on, we werent able to do that, but since weve had some time to work with it, its actually been getting pretty good(fuel mileage).
ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL ANY INFORMATION FROM THE 44 OR 43? We dont use much from them. Everybody uses stuff from us.
WHAT ABOUT THE REPORT THAT YOU HAD A PHOTO SHOOT WITH TOYOTA? I dont know what the deal is with that. I did my Budweiser photo shoot and obviously you guys know that it was a Toyota. Why? I dont know why it was. Im Dodge, man. I think Ill be Dodge next year, truthfully. The Gilletts put a car in there to do the photo shoot and I took my pictures and hopefully I dont have to take my pictures again.(Dodge Motorsports PR)(8-15-2009)
